Adam Palka

Born in Poland, Palka studied at the Gdansk Academy of Music and the Zurich Opera Studio. Highlights include Verdi’s Requiem with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Conte di Walter (Luisa Miller) at Oper Köln and Staatsoper Hamburg, his Canadian Opera Company debut as Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Commendatore (Don Giovanni) and Timur (Turandot) at The Royal Opera, Méphistophélès (Faust), Vodník (Rusalka) and Don Basilio at Vienna State Opera, Fafner (Das Rheingold) at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Timur and Gremin (Eugene Onegin) at Liceu, Barcelona, Philippe II (Don Carlos), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Rodolfo (La Sonnambula), Escamillo (Carmen) and Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at Staatstheater Stuttgart, and his debut in the title role of Boris Godunov at La Scala, Milan opposite Ildar Abdrazakov. His 2024/25 season engagements include Don Basilio and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Vienna State Opera, Walter at Hamburg Opera, Vodník, Commendatore, Oroveso in Norma and Turandot at Staatsoper Stuttgart, and Zaccaria in Nabucco and the title role of Mefistofele at National Theatre of Prague.